Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Amassed More Than 2.6 Million Instagram Followers In Just 24 Hours

When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launched their own Instagram account yesterday, separate from that of Prince William and Kate Middleton, it was only a matter of time until they broke a million followers. Five hours and 45 minutes, to be exact.

According to Guinness World Records, the @sussexroyal account became the fastest account ever to reach one million followers yesterday. They did so in half the time of the previous record-holder, K-Pop star Kang Daniel, who hit a million in eleven and a half hours.

By the time the @sussexroyal account had been live for 24 hours, it had more than doubled its follower count, for a total of 2.6 million. Its sole post, a slideshow welcoming fans to the account, has racked up over 900,000 likes.

Happily, this social media success did not come at the expense of the couple's previous online home, @kensingtonroyal. That account, which is now solely dedicated to Prince William and Kate Middleton, garnered an extra 200,000 followers or so after the launch of @sussexroyal. (The royal experts at @Gertsroyals provided some useful screenshots, complete with timestamps, to back this up.)

It seems the royal couple may be coming to Twitter soon, too. As of yesterday, the @sussexroyal Twitter handle belonged to someone named Kevin Keiley, who hadn't tweeted since 2014. Kevin's account has since been moved to the handle @sussexroyal2—likely paving the way for Meghan and Harry's Twitter debut.

Meghan and Harry's solo account is just one part of their larger split from Will and Kate's royal household—the full implications of which have yet to be seen

This article originally appeared on Town&Country.

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